PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Friday claimed to have detected five burglaries with the arrest of a burglar.
The man was on police records and had 87 cases against him. The police have recovered gold ornaments worth Rs6 lakh from the suspect, Jaywant Gaikwad (32), alias Jaydya, and his accomplice, Sachin Pawar (32).
The Bhosari police team, led by sub-inspector inspector Mahendra Gadhave, arrested the duo based on a tip-off received by constables Balasaheb Vidhate and Ashish Gopi.
Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said Gaikwad has 87 cases of burglaries registered against him with the Pune, Pune rural and the Pimpri Chinchwad police stations. “Gaikwad has a unique modus. After committing burglaries, if he came to know that he had been traced via CCTV camera footage and the police were behind him, the latter used to surrender before the local police station and admit his crime,” Krishna Prakash said.